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A dramatic round of layoffs had long been expected at the Worldwide Leader in Sports, but the numbers turned out much bigger than predicted.

The network, which employs about 8,000 people around the world, actually let a whopping 300 go in October 2015. But this week was unusual for the deep cuts to on-air talent.

Stars at the network often earn anywhere from $1.5 million to $3 million. Hundreds of reporters and analysts get paid handsomely to gab on ESPN. All that hot air costs a lot of dough.

Couple that with falling revenue and one can see why the Wednesday bloodbath.

Today there are a lot of former sports stars who were high paid TV anchors and reporters wondering if they should try to seek similar work elsewhere or just go home and try to keep their lawn free of crab grass.

We doubt if most sports fans will miss them. They mostly talked loud and interrupted each other to the point of distraction to the viewer.

ESPN should dump Chris Berman who is washed up and can hardly finish a sentence without running out of breath.

A Silicon Valley startup has developed a robot that may soon replace mall cops.

Knightscope, which specializes in fully autonomous security data machines, says it is officially signed up to patrol malls in New York and Massachusetts, with nearly two dozen accounts set up across 16 cities this year.

April 27, 2017

In a book review for Sunday’s print edition The Washington Post, The Atlantic’s Emma Green tore into Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren’s new book This Is Our Fight for neglecting to grapple with the Democratic Party’s many issues following its 2016 election debacle and failing to understand why blue collar Americans backed President Trump.

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The Washington Post editorial board trashed Democratic Senator Warren for not trashing President Trump in her new book. Trying to understand the thinking of some Washington Democrats is sometimes difficult but always fascinating.

Large numbers of foreign fighters and sympathisers are abandoning Islamic State and trying to enter Turkey, with at least two British nationals and a US citizen joining an exodus that is depleting the ranks of the terror group.

A report at the second link below says Isis at real risk of losing territory for first time since 'caliphate' was declared.